Milk pail cover and fastener therefor



Jan. 25, 1938. F. w. MOORE MILK PAIL COVER AND FASTENER THEREFOR FiledMarch 5, 1936 IIAIIIIIII'IIIIII.

Patented Jan. 25, 193 8 UNHTED- STATES E A'EENT OFFHQE Frank W. Meore,Lennon, Mich.

Application March 3,

4 Claims.

This invention relates to an improvement in milk pails and moreparticularly relates to an improved means for securely but detachablyholding the cover in place upon the pail.

One object of the invention is to provide a device of this characterwherein the fasteners for holding the cover upon the milk pail areformed from portions struck from ears of handle-engaging bracketscarried by the pail, thus providing fasteners which will be firmlymounted at opposite sides of the pail and will not add to the cost asthey are formed from portions of the brackets ordinarily cut out andthrown away to form handle-engaging portions.

Another object of the invention is to so form the cover engagingfasteners that while the cover may be easily slid into or out ofposition upon the pail to dispose marginal portions of the cover underthe fasteners, it will be securely held when engaged by the fastenersand prevented from accidentally slipping out of its proper position uponthe pail.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure1 is a view showing a pail and its cover in top plan, the cover beingsecured in place upon the pail by fasteners of the improvedconstruction.

Figure 2 is a view showing the pail and cover partially in sideelevation and partially in ver-' tical section along the line 2-2 ofFigure 1.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary view upon an enlarged scale taken along theline 33 of Figure 1. Figure 4 is a fragmentary sectional view takenthrough the marginal portion of the cover before the cover is applied tothe pail.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary top plan view illustrating a fastener of aslightly modified construction.

Figure 6 is a view similar to Figure 4 showing another modifiedconstruction.

The milk pail, which is indicated in general by the numeral I, is of aconventional construction and at opposite sides carries brackets 2 withwhich eyes 3 at ends of the handle '3 are connected. Each of thebrackets 2 is formed from a blank of strong sheet metal which issubstantially T-shape to provide an attaching portion or base 5 whichbears against the outer face of the milk pail and is firmly securedagainst the same under the bead 6 by rivets or equivalent fasteners T.The arm or shank of the bracket is bent outwardly for close contactingengagement with the under face of the bead and then upwardly to providean ear 9 which projects 1936, Serial No. 66,941

above the bead at the outer edge thereof, and referring to Figures 2 and3 it will be seen that this ear has its intermediate portion out to forma tongue iii which instead of being entirely out free from the ear isleft attached at its lower end and is bent inwardly to dispose it inoverhanging relation to the bead of the pail. Therefore, an ear of aninverted U-shape will be provided at each side of the pail and the eyes3 of the handle may be engaged through the ears, as shown clearly inFigure 2, to loosely mount the handle and permit it to be disposedeither in a carrying position above the pail diametrically thereof or ina lowered position against the pail. The tongues it constitute yieldablefasteners for holding the cover I I in place as the brackets are formedof resilient metal. This coverhas a fiat marginal portion l2 whichsurrounds the domeshaped portion l3 and is set off from the dome shapedportion by a bead 14. As the marginal edge 35 of the cover is arcuate,as shown in Fig ure 1, a portion of the pail will not be closed when thecover is in place and the pail may be used for milking with the cover inplace. At diametrically opposed points the marginal portion I2 of thecover has portions pressedupwardly to form bowed portions l2" and withinthese bowed portions are stamped lugs I6 which extend radially of thecover and are arcuate in cross section, as shown clearly in Figure 3. Inview of the fact that the lugs it are arcuate in cross section and arecarried by upwardly bowed portions l2, the cover may be applied to thetop of the milk pail where it will rest upon the bead 6 and whenpressure is applied to slide it across the pail, the cover may be forcedinto the position shown in Figure 1 as edges of the tongues 10 willengage the curved surfaces of the bowed portion and the lugs and thus besprung upwardly until the lugs have moved into place undercorrespondingly shaped seats ll formed by pressing portions of thetongues upwardly. The bent portions of the tongues forming the seats llextend downwardly along the brackets, as shown at ll, and strengthen thetongues at their junction with the brackets. As soon as the lugs reach aposition in which they are disposed under the seats, the resiliency ofthe tongues will move them downwardly to the position shown in Figure 3wherein each lug i6 fits snugly into the seat or socket l"! of acompanion tongue and marginal portions of the tongue rest upon the upperface of the marginal portion of the cover. The bowed portions E2 of thecover will be flattened when the cover is in place and their resiliencywill aid in maintaining the lugs in the seats. The cover will thus beprevented from slipping circumferentially or diametrically of the milkpail out of its proper position. When, however, it is desired to removethe cover, it is merely necessary to apply pressure and exert sufficientforce to spring the tongues l0 upwardly to such an extent that the lugsl6 can move out of the seats I? and the entire cover shifted along thebead 6 of the pail to a position in which it may be removed. It willthus be seen that the resilient fasteners for the cover may be formed asan integral part of the bracket carrying the handle and auxiliaryfasteners for the cover need not be provided.

In Figure 5 there has been shown a slightly modified constructionwherein the seat I8 is hemispherical in shape instead of being'elongatedradially of the milk pail and, of course, the marginal portions of thecover will be formed with upstanding lugs corresponding in shape to thelug receiving seats of the tongues or latches carried by the brackets.It should also be noted that instead of providing the cover with asingle lug at each side, the marginal portion of the cover may be formedat each side with a pair of hemispherical lugs I 9 spaced from eachother a distance substantially corresponding to the width of the tonguesID, as shown in Figure 6. When this embodiment of the invention is used,the tongues are each disposed between a pair of lugs when the cover isin place and it is not necessary to provide the tongue with a lugreceiving seat. This is due to the fact that the cover is held in placeby engagement of the lugs IS with opposite side edges of the tonguesinstead of providing interengaging lugs and seats upon the cover andtongues.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A receptacle open at its top, brackets at opposite sides of thereceptacle formed of resilient material and each having a base portionrigidly secured against the receptacle and an arm extending upwardlyfrom its base portion and projecting above the receptacle, a tonguestruck from the arm of each bracket with its lower end integrally unitedto the arm, theto'ngues being bent inwardly and downwardly to provideinverted U-shaped ears of the marginal portions of the arms and whenbent downwardly provid ing resilient securingtongues overlying marginaledges of the receptacle in vertical spaced relation thereto, a bailhaving'its ends formed with eyes engaged with the ears, and a coverresting upon the upper marginal edge of the receptacle and slidhorizontally into place to dispose the tongues in overlying relation toopposed marginal portions of the cover, the said marginal portions ofthe cover being provided with upstanding lugs and said tongues beingprovided with seats receiving said lugs and frictionally gripping thesame to securely but detachably hold the cover in place.

2. A receptacle open at its top, brackets of resilient material carriedby the receptacle at opposite sides thereof and having ears projectingupwardly from the receptacle and resilient tongues extending inwardlyfrom the brackets at lower ends of the ears in overlying relation to theupper marginal edge of the receptacle, a bail having its end portionsengaged with said ears, and a cover resting upon the upper marginal edgeof said receptacle and slid horizontally into place to dispose thetongues in overlapping relation to opposed marginal portions of thecover, the tongues and overlapped portions of the cover having-portionsofiset to form seats and companion lugs engageable in the seats tosecurely but detachably hold the cover in place upon the receptacle.

3. A receptacle open at its top, ears projecting upwardly from thereceptacle at opposite sides thereof, resilient tongues extending fro-msaid ears inwardly of the receptacle in overlying and vertical spacedrelation to the upper marginal edge of the receptacle, a bail having itsends connected with said ears, and a cover resting upon the uppermarginal edge of the receptacle and slid horizontally into place todispose opposed marginal edge portions of the cover under the tongues,each tongue and the cooperating marginal portion of the cover overlappedthereby being provided one with a seat and the other with a membersnapped into the seat during movement of the cover into place, wherebyresiliency ofthe tongues causes the said members to be gripped and thecover securely but removably held in place.

4. A receptacle open at its top, ears projecting upwardly from thereceptacle at opposite sides thereof, a bail having its ends connectedwith said ears, resilient tongues extending from said ears inwardly ofthe receptacle in overlying relation to the upper marginal edge of thereceptacle and each having a portion projected upwardly to form aseat inits under face, and a cover resting upon the receptacle and slid intoplace to dispose marginal portions of the cover under the tongues, theportions of the cover overlapped by the ears having portions projectedupwardly toform lugs for engaging in the seats of the tongues andsecurely but detachably hold the cover in place.

FRANK W. MOORE.

